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Estate agents remain largely split on whether Labour’s General Election win will be positive for the housing market.  A survey of almost...

Agents in the East of England could face the toughest task filling the void left by first-time buyer Stamp Duty relief...

Buyer demand levels climbed significantly between the first and second quarters of this year, research suggests. GetAgent’s Hotspots Demand Index monitors quarterly...

This week I reached the point of maximum political saturation. We’re now four weeks into the campaign with less than a...

A large proportion of estate agents are managing to get more deals over the line thanks to longer daylight hours, research...

Agents are being warned about the risk of burnout as research suggests 37% of property professionals won’t be taking a summer...

Around a fifth of estate agents have seen a drop in buyer activity and almost a third claim sellers have gone...

The majority of estate agents expect a summer interest rate cut to help revitalise buyer market activity, however, they remain split...

Just 14% of properties currently listed for sale within the last 30 days have found a buyer, new research suggests. Agency comparison...

Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...

Help to Buy has been ranked as having the most positive influence on the property market in recent times. Agency comparison website...

Buyer demand has continued to climb during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, research suggests. Analysis by agency comparison website GetAgent...

Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

Seller search interest for high street agents has dropped, while there has been a significant spike in searches for cheap fee...

Around half of agents remain confident about the housing market’s prospects this year, research suggests. A survey of almost 600 estate agents,...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...

GetAgent has been ordered to make its marketing claims clearer following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advertising watchdog...

Visits to Rightmove have fallen by 18% in the past year as high mortgage rates hit the national market from the...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...

A London agent is looking to make Halloween unforgettable with a captivating window display that's sending shivers down spines. Location Location has...

The number of homes being demolished and rebuilt from scratch has increased by 3.7% over the past year, research reveals. The analysis...

The level of new for sale stock reaching the market across Britain has surged by 128% since the start of the...

The average home seller across England and Wales has achieved 97.3% of asking price, a -2.4% drop versus the previous six...

Agency fees account for 81% of upfront home selling costs on average, research suggests. Industry comparison website GetAgent has used its My...

The time it’s taking to sell a home across England and Wales has fallen by an average of 44 days, new...

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for  a couple...

The pandemic-inspired property demand boom is well and truly over, GetAgent claims. It comes as the agent comparison website’s latest Hotspot Demand...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has been ranked amongst the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies in the 2022 Deloitte UK...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

Autumn and winter have been identified as the best seasons to sell a property if an agent wants to get their...

The 1980s may be most fondly remembered for bad hairdos and questionable fashion, but it may have also been the best...

Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...

Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...

Agents are currently achieving 99.4% of the asking price on listings, research shows.  The figure, calculated by agency comparison website GetAgent based...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

Estate agency recruiter Josh Rayner has said job demand is at the highest level he can remember. Rayner, who runs property jobs...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...